Screen LibraryThe expert expert witness：more maxims and guidelines for testifying in court
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American Psychological Association,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, DC |
| Publication Dates: | c1999. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Carrier Form: | vii, 197 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 1557985979 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | D971 |
| CLC: | D971.25 |
| Call Number: | D971.25/B864 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-192). Arbitrary pigeonholes -- Asked and answered -- Back to one -- Bulletproofing -- Confabulations -- Context 1: choosing a phrase -- Context 2: minor gaps -- Daubert hearings -- Discovery and discoveries -- Ethics in expert witness testimony -- Evasive responses: hopeless but not serious -- Experience does not count -- Expert witness as master teacher -- Floccinaucinihilipilification -- For better and worse -- Gender labels -- Illusory documentation -- Inflammatory questions -- Integrity checks -- Internet vulnerabilities -- It would be so nice if you weren't here -- Language: it's a virus -- The last word -- Lawyer bashing -- Lay witnesses -- Offensive language -- Personal attacks -- Practice answers -- Pulling and the push-pull -- Real and apparent ambiguities -- Reconstructing your testimony -- Shifts in testifying and consulting experience -- Silent treatments -- Sleight of hand -- Social construction of illness and disorders -- Taints -- Tape recording of evaluations -- Telephone and videotape testimony -- To cry, to faint -- Traps of common sense -- Trivial pursuits -- Ultimate opinion testimony -- What I don't and do like to see in an expert witness. |